Chretien v. Giron

Citations

• 115 La. 24
• 38 So. 881
• 1905 La. LEXIS 606

Syllabus

<p>ESTOPPEL AGAINST ESTOPPEL — PARTNERSHIP-DISSOLUTION — DEBTS DUE FIRM.</p> <p>1. Where the plaintiff has sued for a settlement of the partnership, and defendant has pleaded settlement in bar of the suit, plaintiff is estopped from thereafter asserting that there has been a settlement; and the defendant, that there has not been one; and the two estoppels destroy each other, and set the matter at large.</p> <p>2. Where, after the dissolution of the partnership, one of the partners has undertaken to collect the debts due the partnership, he will be held for the amount of same unless he accounts for his not having collected same.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>